Bad *** Trucks!!!

[Ironbuilt]

Buddy’s truck, almost done with it.

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That's a nice truck. What is the drivetrain?

 

[jaws]

Detroit, and a 13spd

 

[Ironbuilt]

Detroit, and a 13spd

8V? Your friend must have changed the DT, because I believe that would have came with a super 10. Bad *** none the less.

 

[Ironbuilt]

Me with my brand new 40 ton Fontaine RGN.

 

[jaws]

8V? Your friend must have changed the DT, because I believe that would have came with a super 10. Bad *** none the less.

Strait six, it was in it when he picked it up. Was an old grain truck.

 

[Ironbuilt]

Strait six, it was in it when he picked it up. Was an old grain truck.

Please post some pictures when it is finished.

 

[68BabyBlue]

My 2000 Peterbilt 379, C15 Cat, 550HP pre-emission, 18 speed. Original engine and transmission, with 1.6 million miles. Typical day at work loading hazardous dry bulk. Hardly a show truck, but she makes me enough to keep buying Mopars.

When I was a kid in the 1950s and 60s, my main form of entertainment was watching the B, and later, R model Macks, and Brockways hauling stone from the quarry up the road from our house. A zillion years of school couldn't get them out of my system. Drove them all, and now the Pete, for the last 15 years.

 

[Ironbuilt]

My 2000 Peterbilt 379, C15 Cat, 550HP pre-emission, 18 speed. Original engine and transmission, with 1.6 million miles. Typical day at work loading hazardous dry bulk. Hardly a show truck, but she makes me enough to keep buying Mopars.

View attachment 1062916 When I was a kid in the 1950s and 60s, my main form of entertainment was watching the B, and later, R model Macks, and Brockways hauling stone from the quarry up the road from our house. A zillion years of school couldn't get them out of my system. Drove them all, and now the Pete, for the last 15 years.

My family owned 7 garbage companies in NJ and my Dad owned the truck repair shop that fixed them all. I grew up in the 70's with the DM800 being the truck of choice for my family. I learned to drive a 5X4 "quadbox" Mack before I ever drove my first car. When I was 13 years old I would get in the old 73 DM800 rolloff my dad had and move containers around the yard and drop them in the shop where I learned how to weld on them. I miss those good old mechanical trucks, couldn't kill them for anything. Now, my headlight goes out on my 2019 Kenworth W900 and I have to take it to the dealer to clear the fault codes. I love my truck but I hate all of the headaches that come with the technology.
I envy you that pre-emissions Pete. I had a chance when I ordered my W900 to buy a 1999 W900 with a fresh Platinum rebuild on the 550 Cat. They wanted $59,000 for it. I passed on it because the interior was beat and smelled like cigarette smoke real bad. (I don't smoke) Looking back on it, I wish that I bought it.

 

[Dan64]

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SWIFT stands for = Sure Wish I Finished Training

 

[Dan64]

My family owned 7 garbage companies in NJ and my Dad owned the truck repair shop that fixed them all. I grew up in the 70's with the DM800 being the truck of choice for my family. I learned to drive a 5X4 "quadbox" Mack before I ever drove my first car. When I was 13 years old I would get in the old 73 DM800 rolloff my dad had and move containers around the yard and drop them in the shop where I learned how to weld on them. I miss those good old mechanical trucks, couldn't kill them for anything. Now, my headlight goes out on my 2019 Kenworth W900 and I have to take it to the dealer to clear the fault codes. I love my truck but I hate all of the headaches that come with the technology.
I envy you that pre-emissions Pete. I had a chance when I ordered my W900 to buy a 1999 W900 with a fresh Platinum rebuild on the 550 Cat. They wanted $59,000 for it. I passed on it because the interior was beat and smelled like cigarette smoke real bad. (I don't smoke) Looking back on it, I wish that I bought it.

Of all the trucks I had my R model and RD are still my favorite for construction/ paving. Just good simple trucks. No where as near nice as my W9's or Granites but almost zero down time in comparison.

 

[Ironbuilt]

Of all the trucks I had my R model and RD are still my favorite for construction/ paving. Just good simple trucks. No where as near nice as my W9's or Granites but almost zero down time in comparison.

IMO, the Granite was the beginning of the end for Mack. Now, they are just Volvos with a Mack bulldog on the hood. In the 80's, my family switched to R models, and they were like driving a Cadillac compared to the DM's. First truck that I ever drove with AC and power steering was an R model. Great truck, 350 with a 7 speed.

 

[1967coronet440]

My old mans rigs, can’t remember models or years one is a Mack the other is a western star.

 

[Ironbuilt]

My old mans rigs, can’t remember models or years one is a Mack the other is a western star.

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That's a sharp looking Western Star. It looks to be before they became glorified Freightliners. They were great trucks.

 

[1967coronet440]

That's a sharp looking Western Star. It looks to be before they became glorified Freightliners. They were great trucks.

I believe it is a 1989 he really likes it, just dumped a bunch of money into it.

 

[Ironbuilt]

I believe it is a 1989 he really likes it, just dumped a bunch of money into it.

Worth every penny. Western Stars were one of 2 trucks, Marmon being the other, that were made entirely by hand. Every rivet, every bolt was touched by a human. They were the **** in the 80's. Most truckers couldn't afford them. Then Freightliner bought them and now they are just a name. It's kinda sad. Thank you for sharing that picture with me.

 

[1967coronet440]

Couple more of the star

 

[1967coronet440]

me when I was younger traveling the country with my dad on summer break.

 

[Ironbuilt]

Couple more of the star

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Looks like a Cat under the hood, too!! Awesome!! That's a keeper there.

 

[1967coronet440]

Looks like a Cat under the hood, too!! Awesome!! That's a keeper there.

3406 e I believe

 

[Ironbuilt]

me when I was younger traveling the country with my dad on summer break.


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Does your Dad still truck?